>>35812704
Announcements: twitter.com/REQMX

Q&A: ask.fm/REQM

Character Sheet and Misc:
http://pastebin.com/u/REQM

Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re-Monster
or
http://archive.moe/tg/search/tripcode/!!7fb3j+Ac+pZ%20/type/op/
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rD-MZe51wYI63xxl-tG8dsxj-RWVtJu3S6Gzd6OTJSw/edit?usp=sharing

>>35812704
FUCK YEAH SPIDERBUTT!

>>35812715
>>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.

>>35812704
>>Set some aside. You can tease them a bit later.

>>35812704
>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.

This overly delicious food is going to be gone unless you wake up~

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>>35812704
And have a happy Sheszka.

>>35812704
>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.
I can't believe we didn't think of this before! I love this evolution.

>>35812704
>>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.

>>35812747
Too cute.

>>35812704

> You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills.

And before we burn down a substantial part of the tree through experimental fire magic.

>>35812704
>>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.

Cooking it in our hands with magic? We gotta try this. It'll probably just result in a horrible mess, but we gotta try it.

>>35812747
The corners of her mouth should be angled up more, she looks like she's sleeping.

>>35812704

> Grab a flat stone. Conjure it if we have to. Use the heat of our palms to heat the stone, allowing the heat to cook the food evenly without dirtying our hands. It will also sustain the heat longer.

>>35812704
>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.
But use a stone or some metal to use as a grill, not our actual hands. That'll just make a mess.

>>35812775
>>35812830
I'm sure the stone would be happy to help out too!

>>35812704
>>You're now equipped with a pair of clawed grills. Steal some of dad's spices, lure them into waking up.
Almost missed this!

>>35812830
>But use a stone or some metal to use as a grill, not our actual hands. That'll just make a mess.

This is a good idea.

>>35812778
Thanks! Her eyes need fixing, too, they're not quite even. I'll be going back and working from the sketch.

>>35812765
Thanks!
I'm seeing cooking with a rock/piece of metal?
is that okay?

>>35812892
>I'm seeing cooking with a rock/piece of metal?
Yes, that is okay.

>>35812892

Go for it.

>>35812892
Aye.

>>35812892
Do it. Time for Barbecue

Spider barbeque is go, then!
Writing!

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>>35812892
Yeah, that sounds good.

Also, I got really bored and did an art yesterday. So yeah.

>>35812974
Our spear was/is fucking huge, just the weight of it could kill people, kinda want to spar with Spidermama today

>>35812892

Kind of a hangover question from last thread. Is there any way we can go back and pick up lightning spear (amp) at a later date? I really think having a spear made of lightning and fire would be pretty awesome, not to mention the whole Gwyn/Zeus motif.

>>35812974
>that face
reminds me of a certain jesus pic...

>>35812974
Nice! Thanks!

>>35812997
You haven't left the woods yet. There's a whole world out there to Loot Explore!

>>35812974

Neat. I really like how you did the body and the spear. If you ever end up feeling like recoloring or redrawing, just a bit more recess on the forehead, a slightly more pronounced chin and nose, a couple more sets of eyes, and it will be just about perfect.

>>35813060
What would our new lightning spear be ranked as, I can't imagine it's actually too high since Elfdad isn't that great of an enchanter.

>>35812974
The spear head is too large, especially for a pole that thin, and the face could use work, but the spider body and skull is pretty good!

>>35812997
REQM said we could put multiple stones of the same type into a weapon, so I don't see why not.

He also said it would produce diminishing returns, so I doubt we could ever get all the options, but getting one or two more should be possible.

>>35813060

True, though I love the charm of "first weapon continues on in some form or another throughout the adventure". The stone can probably be salvaged and moved onto better metal, but I hope the trend of making our own gear continues.

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Time to Spiderbutt eternally!

>>35813105
It's a small step below mom's- The enchantment is mostly relying on your stone, which was high quality. So, something like low rare, I guess.

>>35813125
Me too.

>>35813138
So, in Blizzard terms, it's like us socketing a gem onto a rare weapon, while Mom has a legit Legendary weapon.

>>35813125
>"first weapon continues on in some form

I say we get a piece of river-metal and fuse it into our new spearhead. See if we can get that 'not slowed by water' thing for our new weapon.

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>>35813111

Think of the Spear like Ornstein's.

Really god damn huge, because it was meant to kill / be used by something use.

We just shortened the shaft.

Now, to get the armor.

Also, I'm still confused whether or not the Teeth is actually the visor of the helmet or not.

>>35813193
I don't think that will work, the smith in town said that he was looking forward to cold forging the rivermetal, so I think it has to be cold forged.

>>35813206

>Get Ornstein's armor
>Modify the helmet to be LION SPIDER!
>Replace skull on butt with DRAGONSKULL on Butt.

>>35813191
Don't worry, we'll make it legendary eventually.

>>35813247
Not like it'll cost us anything to try. Also, magic forging might effect the metals magic in a different way to normal forging.

The earth loves us. Metal is earth. Maybe we can just ask it to keep it's magic when we reshape it?

>>35813206

>The teeth are the eyeholes

That helmet just stopped being stupid for me.

How did I never realize this before.

Fuck.

I'm actually curious if the first achievement (deep earth calling?) was because we asked the earth for help in 2 occasions or for the dungeons.

>>35813206
It's not the shortened shaft that worries me, it's the slenderness: with a blade that large, it'll snap in half.

>>35813103
>>35813111
Thanks - I'll probably end up redrawing it soon anyways, I know the face is off badly. The spear is pretty much Ornstein's spear, but I can mess with that a bit so it looks more balanced. I just went with the proportions in the OP image.

>>35813375
isn't the shaft like, completely metal?

>>35813375
Metal shaft.

We can just add more reinforcement to the stress points. It's not like forging is difficult for us anymore.

>>35813375

The shaft is completely metal, magic-metal.

And so what if it snaps? We can just grab both halves and Forge-touch them back together and reinforce it some more with whatever else kind of metal we have at the time.

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>>35813191
It is very likely that we can switch the stone for another element, to me that seems like an advantage to mom's spear.

Also I think it is suppose to look like this?

You have a plan.
A plan so diabolical, so unspeakable, that harpies and wolves will forever tremble at the memory.

You'll cook them dinner.
That'll teach them.

You gnaw absent-mindedly on a hunk of meat as you work. No point in cooking if you're eating it all yourself before it's done.

You lay down a thick stone, and you steal your father's spices as well as his pan. He hasn't got much, but then, it doesn't take much. You're not a cook, by any means, but meat and fire are something that works.

A touch sets the pan sizzling- The rock warms, but you haven't burnt down the nest yet. A good sign.

Your fingers work well enough as knives- You strip away furs, slicing neat hunks of meat free. A bit of oil, a bit of salt, a bit of pepper. Nothing fancy. The meat sizzles in the pan, wafting an addictive scent of searing steak.

Your wolf is the first to give in. Her nose wrinkles, twitches. She rolls gently over in her eye cubby on your back, her eyes blinking to clear the sleep. She creeps forwards over your shell, following the smell of cooking food. Eventually, she manages to surmount the hills of skulltopia, and leans against you, propping her head up on your shoulder and watching the pan.

>>35813761

You grin, victorious. You carve a strip of meat free from your work, holding it up to Sheszka's nose. She sniffs once, twice, and her mouth creeps open, tongue reaching for the treat dangling right in front of her. You let her take the first piece- the bait- and she pulls it instantly into her mouth, jaws snapping closed as she savours it, eyes gleaming.

"Mnnnnnnn- Alpha, what is this?"
Absolute victory.
"Meat, yes? We have it for dinner every night."
"Nnnnot like this."
"Well, this is cooked."

She slides off your spider half, dropping neatly onto the nest floor, and sits right next to you, eyes watching the shimmering heat of the pan.
She licks her lips.
"It's good."

You'd pet her, but your hands are still covered in meat and juices. And it's hard enough as it is to get her to bathe. Maybe if you just trick her into playing in the water? Dammit, she's flicking her ears-

You tear your eyes away from the temptation and slice up the finished hunk of meat, offering it to your eager packmate. Who is actually drooling. You stifle a laugh, and through the next piece on, while a very determined wolf tears through her meal.

Jin is in one of her tired modes, apparently. She's managed to stand- but that's it. She's standing, swaying slightly, smiling and looking around, not really seeing anything at all. You throw a rag over one hand and pull her beside you, setting her down and curling one leg around her. She gives you her best sleepy grin, and settles into the space.

You pull another piece free from your cooking platter, and hold it near the harpy.
Who just cocks her head back, and opens her mouth.

>>35813782

You stare at her for a few long seconds, before you break with a sigh and lower the meat. Her mouth snaps shut mechanically. Chew, chew, chew, swallow. Mouth open again. You're pretty sure this is how harpies feed their children. This is a level beyond lazy.

You prod at your friends cheek, prompting a low sounding 'Nnnnnnnn'- which is probably the limit for her, as she still hasn't closed her mouth.

With the last of the meat cooked, and your family giggling all around you, you feed your abhorrently lazy harpy. Piece by piece vanishes into her gullet, though she does occasionally rub her head into your hand while she chews. Making an absolute mess.

At least she likes baths.

You keep up the ridiculous dinner session till Sheszka butts gently against your other arm. You turn to look and- Yep, now she's waiting with her mouth open as well.

Mom is biting her finger, nearly in tears.

One lazy, and one apparently jealous.

You keep feeding them till the food runs nearly out, only stopping to snag a pile for yourself. With the show mostly over, your family is breaking out blankets, settling in for the night.

Your friends curl against you- No need for blankets with a self-heating spider. You resign yourself to your new role, and close your eyes.
Tomorrow will be better. Probably.

>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.
>Take Jin home. She's probably fit to burst with bragging. Maybe you can learn some forging while you're in town.
>Check in with your sisters. Maybe they've been up to things.
>Other (?)

>>35813807

>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.
Then
>Check in with your sisters. Maybe they've been up to things.
Then
>Take Jin home. She's probably fit to burst with bragging. Maybe you can learn some forging while you're in town.

>>35813807

>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

>>35813807
>>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.
Ey mama, let's you and me hit each other with some sticks

>>35813807
>>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

>>35813807
>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

>>35813807
So, "absolute victory" huh, Lyra?

>>35813807
>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.
>Check in with your sisters. Maybe they've been up to things.

>>35813807
>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.
>Check in with your sisters. Maybe they've been up to things.

Lia is likely out of her mind with worry, we should bring Jin home soon after if we still have time for it.

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>>35813807
>>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.


>>35813761
>Your wolf is the first to give in. Her nose wrinkles, twitches. She rolls gently over in her eye cubby on your back, her eyes blinking to clear the sleep. She creeps forwards over your shell, following the smell of cooking food. Eventually, she manages to surmount the hills of skulltopia, and leans against you, propping her head up on your shoulder and watching the pan.
So damn adorable.

>>35813782
>She's standing, swaying slightly, smiling and looking around, not really seeing anything at all. You throw a rag over one hand and pull her beside you, setting her down and curling one leg around her. She gives you her best sleepy grin, and settles into the space.
>You pull another piece free from your cooking platter, and hold it near the harpy.
>Who just cocks her head back, and opens her mouth.
So. Damn. Adorable.

>>35813807
>You keep up the ridiculous dinner session till Sheszka butts gently against your other arm. You turn to look and- Yep, now she's waiting with her mouth open as well.
SO. DAMN. ADORABLE.

My heart boner's killing me.

>>35813807
Dawwwwwwww

>>35813807
>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

We could earthbend a natural spring set-up. Plant the stone from the crab in the right place, and we're golden.

Treehouse with adjacent natural spring.

>>35813807
>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

Check in with your sisters. Maybe they've been up to things. first and then
Take Jin home. She's probably fit to burst with bragging. Maybe you can learn some forging while you're in town.
I want to learn how to forge more stuff!

>>35813807

seconding >>35813838

Just do the training with them in the skull... It is a 'at your own risk' deal...

>>35813807

>Get some early morning training in. Then shoot for a bath, or try helping dad set up something near home to get clean.

Alright, lets pick a fight with mom!
I'd like 3d100, please!

>>35813891
Still say we have a cycling pumped waterfall pool.

Rolled 37, 27, 65 = 129 (3d100)

>>35813987
Oh jeez

Rolled 100, 7, 26 = 133 (3d100)

>>35813987
inb4 humiliating loss because she stops holding back

Rolled 81, 82, 58 = 221 (3d100)

>>35813987

Rolled 64, 14, 39 = 117 (3d100)

>>35813987
RULES OF ow ow stop hitting me mom ow

Rolled 13, 87, 39 = 139 (3d100)

>>35813987
Training!

>>35813987
maibbe

Rolled 92, 72, 69 = 233 (3d100)

>>35813987
Here goes...

Rolled 67, 84, 98 = 249 (3d100)

>>35813987
Oh hey, actual dice for fighting mom

>>35814013
Try super hard to not be smug
Fail mega bad

>>35814013
That 100

>>35814011
>>35814013
>>35814017
>100, 82, 65
Wow, dat 100

>>35813999
Sounds good to me. Maybe raise a column or obelisk in the centre of a bathing pool, place the stone at the top, then the water can fall on all sides.

Some drainage channels to remove the excess water.

>>35814042

That just means we get a lucky round in before taking our lumps.

100 82 65
Mom is impressed*!
*Please note that impressing Mom via fighting is in no way guaranteed to be a good thing.

>>35814013
Did.... did we just beat Mom like a rookie?

Well, this won't be awkward at ALL.

>>35814067
So do these stones produce water infinitely, or does the water go somewhere after a while?

>>35814042
That hundred will get us something, but Mom is still like 10 ranks ahead of us in spearfighting

>>35814099
And then Lyra had nightmares for the rest of her life

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>>35814107
>*Please note that impressing Mom via fighting is in no way guaranteed to be a good thing.
Nah. She just decided "well, you're pretty good kid! I should take it to the next level!"

Then we cry.

>>35814109
We've been drinking from one for a while now and we haven't died from our body-water vanishing, so I think they just produce endless water.

If that is going to happen. Someone REALLY should have mentioned it.

>>35814099
Hey maybe we'll get to see some of mom's new Lord abilities when she beats us up

>>35814099
Jokes on her, the harder she pushes us the faster we evolve!

Oh god it's a vicious cycle!

>>35814184
>>35814099

You fools! She's like a saiyan. Every time you defeat her she'll just get stronger and angrier. A cornucopia of pain and despair is coming our way.

I'm gonna laugh if we chip her new horns.

>>35814184
We might be getting close enough that she gains enough XP of her own from beating us to make up for it though.

>>35814351
Aria is going to be jealous of us for all of five seconds before we get demolished

>>35814351
can we use that 100 to aim for her horns? I think it's worth it

At least we get one hell of an experience from this mornings training... especially with Jin and Sheszka sleeping in the Skull...

>>35814569

>All Lay Upon the Bed of ChaosSpiders
>Next evolution: Summon Giant Spiderlings.

>>35814662
I don't mind being Quelaag, but I really don't want Sara becoming Quelaag's sister

>>35814696
That will only happen if she tries to suck some sort of disease/corruption from people. Not likely to happen.

The morning greets you with light and shade simultaneously.

The sun creeping over the horizon, the soft glow of the woods at dawn. The deep shadow of your mother standing over you, wearing a grin that could only be described as 'utterly terrifying'.

She isn't much interested in your protests, and heavily implies that you can either walk up the arena, or be dragged there.

You can at least pretend to have some dignity.

Aria is already waiting above, armed, armoured, and throwing you the most pitying looks you've seen from her.
Sheszka and Jin, alert and awake at last (and still a mess from last night) watch attentively, seating themselves at the sidelines.

Mom sets the weapons aside, stepping into the arena bare-handed.
"Come here, little one."
It's an order. No doubt about it. The tone makes you weak in the knees.
You have so many knees.

"I want to see how hard I can push you, yes? So let's find out."
She smiles, dropping lower, centring herself and raising her hands.

You enter the arena.

Your legs spread wide, bracing, ready. You raise your hands like claws, preparing to ward off the worst of it.
Mom closes on you in seconds.

There's no real strategy- She just up and tries to run you over, pitting hr strength against your own. It catches you by surprise, but only for a minute- Your legs dig in automatically, and you throw yourself right back at her, grappling as best you can. Mom gives ground, to her own surprise, as you push back against her- She dances side to side, trying to nudge you one direction or another, but you twist your frame to meet hers, digging in lower to get beneath her.

>>35814931
She slips up with a grapple- one arm sliding over your shoulder rather than under as you drop lower to dodge her- and you seize the moment.

Your arms rap around her middle as you haul up, turning, pitching her to one side and tackling her to the ground. She can't get her feet under her, and you keep up your efforts, catching her wrists and pinning her beneath you- one hand seized by your own, the other hugged against her body, your arm wrapped tight around her.

She laughs- honest pleasure in her voice as you release her, stepping back and panting heavily. Her smile as wide as her face as she rights herself- Aria is watching with mouth ajar, complete shock on her features.

"Hahahaheeee- Stronger! You're even stronger than I am, spiderling!"
She throws back her head, cackling, her whole body shaking as she wipes tears from her eyes.
"-Haaaa. It's been so long- Yes, yes, this is good."
You blink, unsettled. Something in the way she said that...

"It's... good? This is good?"
"Of course, dearheart. It sets my heart at ease to know how strong you're getting, yes? You make me proud, Lyra."
You smile, blushing. She picks up the training spears, tossing one to you that you catch easily.
"And of course, it means I don't have to go easy on you, yes?"

Wait no-

>>35814950
>catching her wrists and pinning her beneath you- one hand seized by your own, the other hugged against her body, your arm wrapped tight around her.
>She laughs- honest pleasure in her voice as you release her, stepping back and panting heavily.
L-lewd...

>>35814950
To your own credit- and to Mom's training regime's credit- You manage to last a solid half hour in the arena with her. While her own evolution might lack yours' strength and toughness, it's obliged her with a speed you can't match.

And it's not like she's weak, by any means.

The first twenty minutes are a blur- both the time and your mother. You block, dodge, parry, and return hits as best you can- pressing the advantage whenever you land a solid strike, throwing her timing with your heavy blows. But she doesn't stop. Doesn't tire. You're slowing, and she's showing no signs of anything.

Certainly not mercy.

By the thirty minute mark you're pretty much dying.
That's what you tell yourself, anyway.

Gasping like a fish on the floor of the arena, your whole body feels like jelly.
At least Aria is looking at Mom with that awed expression again.

And for your Mom's part- Huh. She's leaning against her spear, breathing deeply, sweat pouring off her. That-

That actually makes you feel pretty good. You afford yourself a smile of satisfaction. You deserve it.
Mom smiles right back, laughing as she offers you a hand.

>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)
>See Dad about that stone. Maybe you can make something in the branches? Or with earth magic, even. (Suggestions?)
>Other (?)

>>35814967
>>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)
She'll get tummy rubs if she behaves.

>>35814967
>>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)
Go wash of that spidersweat
Realize all our baths from now on are going to be nice and hot

ah! mom's got tired in the end!
That's a good thing right?

>>35814967

>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)

>>35815004
We should use our earth powers to make a hot spring.

>>35814967
>See Dad about that stone. Maybe you can make something in the branches? Or with earth magic, even. (Suggestions?)
Have the stone in one of the branches so that it comes down as a shower, into a small pond with a stone bottom for heat retention and keeping the water clear. Figure out a way to heat the water.

Create a small stone area with channels cut into the stone to drain the water away where people can scrub down, leaving the larger bath for soaking.

>>35814967
>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)
Some fresh running water will do us a world of good.

>>35815004

>Realize that we will never have a cool pillow ever again.
>Unless we coat it in ice, and then it is a wet pillow.

>>35814967
>See Dad about that stone. Maybe you can make something in the branches? Or with earth magic, even. (Suggestions?)
hot springs! like in my chinese cartoons!

>>35814967
>Drag your friends to the river, get clean. (Literally drag Sheszka)

>>35814967
>See Dad about that stone. Maybe you can make something in the branches? Or with earth magic, even
>(Suggestions?)
>>35814067
>>35813999
>>35813891

Make a natural (looking) spring next to our tree.

>>35814967
>Drag your friends to the river

>>35815067
We're going to have to be really careful about not burning down our home, we might need to set up shop in a cave for safetly

>>35814967
>hot tub spider machine

>>35814931
>you have so many knees.
I lol'd

>>35814967
>Lyra the Antimage Tank
Those poor poor casters, it's going to be hilarious

>>35814967
>>See Dad about that stone. Maybe you can make something in the branches? Or with earth magic, even. (Suggestions?)
Look into making better fitting armor/improvement where we see fit.

>>35815184

>Lyra the Antimage Tank Dragonslayer

Those poor, poor Dracoliches.

Guys I just realized how elementally broken Lyra is.

>Shield with water
>Spear with Lightning/Wind
>Lyra with Earth and Fire

>>35815271
>Guys I just realized how elementally broken Lyra is
You mean to say
>How fixed Lyra is elementally to combat any element.

>>35815271
And heart from Jin.

>>35815271
>>35815302

By your powers combined, I am captain planet!

>>35815271
+Shezska as Heart, and Jin as Sky.

BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED I AM CAPTAIN SPIDER!

>>35815271
And don't forget Sheszka and Jin with heart.

We're looking at 6v6 for river versus construction.
Please link to this post with a number and no text.

1 River with friends
2 Spiderbath

5 minutes starts now.

>>35815324
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>>35815318
A-are we the same person?

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Yes.

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GOOBLE GOBBLE ONE OF US

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Counting!

>>35815324
Sorry, i forgot to link before
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>>35815453
Wow, people just crawled out of the woodwork for this.

>>35815453
>5 minutes on the second

...how'd you manage that?

>>35815472
Giant spiders=supa serias bsnus

>>35815472
That vote was serious business m8.

>>35815472
this quest is staggeringly popular because Giant spider girls are sys bsns.

>>35815488
Luck? I use 4chanx and relative post timers, so when mine said 5 minutes ago, I hit submit.

In any case, we're constructing some sort of a bath! Throw out suggestions, and I'll take 2d100, please!

>>35815512
>>35815522
Well, so long as we get to wash Shesz and Jin.

Rolled 13, 10 = 23 (2d100)

>>35815557
Suggesting:
>>35814067
>>35813999 (You)
>>35813891

Rolled 10, 2 = 12 (2d100)

>>35815557

Rolled 67, 58 = 125 (2d100)

>>35815557
something saucer-shaped should be great

Rolled 56, 48 = 104 (2d100)

>>35815557

Rolled 46, 71 = 117 (2d100)

>>35815557
Rolling

Rolled 64, 35 = 99 (2d100)

>>35815557
bath time

>>35815598
>>35815587
oh lordy

Rolled 70, 30 = 100 (2d100)

>>35815557
Suggestion from here >>35815062

>>35815587
>>35815598
Oh wow those are impressively bad

>>35815587
>>35815598

It looks like the dice gods don't like baths.

Rolled 11, 5 = 16 (2d100)

>>35815557
A statue of Lyra is near the bath. It depicts her in a victory stance. A spear in her hands.

JIN DROWNS, BAD END

>>35815638
It looks like we're only good at making weapons...

That was impressively low, haha!
I'll start writing.
Throw out bath suggestions, and I'll take something and run with it.

>>35815599
at least we got one decent roll

>>35815665
Some hole in the ground, something big enough to fit us all, but small enough that we can warm it up completely

>>35815665
At least we're leveling our Architecture skill...

>>35815665
so is it our fault or dads fault that we won't have indoor pluming?

>>35815665
I'm just going to second (third?) this suggestion >>35815062

>>35815712
Ehh, the best roll was mediocre, but not so awful that it can't be fixed.

>>35815472
I wasn't even here for the tie breaker, to busy figuring out if I need to upgrade my PC.
I do.

>>35815665
Divert a part of the river. Sit in front of the incoming stream. We won't be very warm, but at least our friends will.

>>35815786
Why would we need to divert? We have the water stone.

>>35815797
The water volume with the stone is definitly les than using a rivers flow.

>>35815797
that is being saved for the palace bath

>>35815887
Dad had already planned on using the stone for a bath

>>35815905
we can just go kill something with a bigger water affinity when we get to that.

>>35815887
We don't need MASSIVE volume. We just need bath volume.

>>35815960
Giant spider sized bath, but not like huge huge or anything

>>35815960

>Implying the Royal Spiderbutt Spiderbath isn't going to me an in-door lake.

Are you high right now, anon?

>>35815665
Since we got average rolls, we should keep it simple. Anything excessively complicated would probably fail with those rolls.

A large bathing pool with a stone-wall divide. Mount the water stone ontop of the wall so a water-fall can cascade down both sides.

Make a small trench atop the wall to carry the water so it falls evenly along the length.

The wall can serve as a male / female divider. Of, if Mom and Dad are in the mood, can serve as a lewd / not-lewd divider.

>>35815915
And? the stone still has less water output than a river. its two completly different kinds kf baths.
>>35815960
no one said we need massive, he asked why a river instead of the stone and the answer is because its a different kind of bath, flowing vs standing water, we are pretty huge afterall.

>>35816005
>Royal Spiderbutt Spiderbath
>in-door lake

We're not designing the Royal bath inside of our palace yet anon.

That will come later.

>>35816005

Imagine swimming in a lake near the castle of the monster empress.
Imagine doing laps.
Imagine getting to the middle of a lap and suddenly noticing the water get warmer. A lot warmer.
Imagine that from the depths emerges a great and terrible beast, steaming and churning the water to froth with its passage.
Imagine it picking you up and saying "Hi small human! I am a giant spider. Are you lost?"

>>35816058
Seems a lot of work for the same outcome. The water stone produces an infinite amount of water, and we can easily set it up to run continuously. That, and the trench idea would require constant maintenance, and would lead critters to follow the trench from the river to our home.

>>35816058
>flowing vs standing water,

No, we can have flowing water with the stone.

Stone produces a steady stream, drainage channels carry overflow away into the ground.

>>35816101
No. I am a small human.

>>35816101
I dunno whether I should scream or cream.

>>35816101
A namefag has a good idea?,What is this madness....

>>35815067
Life isn't worth living anymore

>>35816185
It's okay anon. A loving girlfriend is the best pillow anyway.

we could use the run-off from the bath to create a mud/marsh training area, where we can practice moving and fighting in poor ground conditions...

>>35816226
No need. We live near a swamp, we can just go there if we want to do that.

>>35816110
its not the same oucome. the stone is pretty much just something we can fill the bath with, the river is more a giant shower. its definitly a lot better for cleaning, but if its worth the effort right now is a different matter.

>>35816129
the strem of the stone is very small compared to our body, so the water flow would not cover our large body, its a very different bathing experience from being imersed in a river.

when we leave the nest for long term adventures, If/when we join up with a group of adventurers, imagine what the story sharing will be like....
one of the adventurers will brag about killing a lightning wolf with only a sword when he was 17, then we tell him we killed one unarmed at 5 days...

Hey, does this setting have crab people? If so, one of their evolutions should be either a mantis or pistol shrimp. Thats just my idea for an aquatic party member.

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>>35816101
The likely reaction.

>>35816277
>the strem of the stone is very small compared to our body

The crab used it as a powerful water-blast weapon. I think it levelled a couple trees.

It ain't that small.

You've got a water stone. You've got the ability to increase your own temperature to something approximating the core of the earth.
So rivers can go and bite it, you're getting a bath.
Or a shower.
Maybe a hot tub?

They all sound pretty nice, really.

Your father conspires alongside you. Apparently elves usually build decadent as hell treehouses, complete with baths, balconies, all sorts of things. You squabble back and forth over designs, and settle for a little bit of both.

Raising the earth is actually kinda difficult- you guess it's less mana exhaustion, more physical exhaustion for this type of ability. You relay your suspicions to your father, who breaks from helping you with the bath to take notes.
Which really wasn't what you were aiming for.

Despite your hold ups, You build a trio of rather wide pools, each lower than the last, with a stone tower set at the top.

You give the tower a bit of a lip, and set the water stone above- while your father carves an enchantment to let your trigger the water as you wish.
Without climbing up to the stone, specifically. In the bottom-most pool, you set a drain with a simple stone plug- though it'll likely take an arachne to move it. A channel beneath it drops straight into an underground river, one the earth so helpfully pointed out.

>>35816293
to be fair, we are never actually unarmed.

>>35816367
You fell like you're constructed from noodles by the time you're done, but you have it. That ultimate luxury. Treetop bathing. The water cascades down, forming a pretty little shower. You or Dad take the top pool, and heat water with magic- and the water trickles into the lower pools, each one cooler than the last.

And best of all, with one hand up you can give yourself a hot shower.
Life is good.

Within minutes of the pools being filled and heated, everyone in the nest is in them. Almost.
You're reclining in the highest pool, letting the water soak your body with heat, while Aria and Dad sit lower. Mom and Jin are with you, your mother having flipped herself beneath the water, now reclining against the side- while Jin flaps and squawks beneath the waterfall, making a general mess of everything.

And Sheszka sits warily to one side, glaring daggers at the slow flowing warmth of your bath.

>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
>Order her in. You're the alpha, after all.
>Toss her into the bath.
>Other (?)

>>35816397
>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

>>35816397
>Toss her into the bath.
In you go

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

>re:monster quest today
what the FUCK?
I guess I have to catch up now.

>>35816397
>Toss her into the bath.

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

>>35816363
thats because he shot it with a lot of force. and its definitly not as much as a river stream, which was the point.

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
But toss her in if that doesn't work

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
Tell her we'll scrub behind her ears and give her a belly rub.

She'll dive in!

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>>3581639
"sheska come here the water is warm"

>>35816397
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
Even if we have to hug her the entire time and wash behind her ears.

>>35816397
>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

>>35816397
>>Toss her into the bath.

>>35816397
>coax her in.

>>35816397
>Order her in.
Authoritative spider.

>>35816478
Then Jin will demand belly rubs. And Lyra finds out the un(?)fortunate truth of harpies and rubbing anywhere below their neck.

>>35816397

"Come now, the water will not bite, yes."

>>35816397
>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
and if she still doesn't want to come in I guess that means she could always train with mother. and if that little piece of motivation doesn't work
>Toss her into the bath.

>>35816397
>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.
It's really warm water, what is not to like?

>>35816397
>>Toss her into the bath.
>>Coax her in. She'll enjoy it.

If at all possible, I'd like to see a combo of these options.

>>35816397
>Toss her into the bath.

Time to convince a dog that water is a-okay!
writing!

...so when does our eevee evolve into a flareon?

Does anyone else want to just grab a hunk of metal, and then forge-touch it into a pair of Katars for Sheszka and Armor claws for Jin?

>>35816699
I don't want to, because I am dissapointed that we had to actually feed those lazy jerks.
I mean, come on, at least eat on your own.

>>35816742

It's build up to Lewds, next time we do that to them, after puberty, they'll be focusing more on our fingers instead of the food.

>>35816801
Now I'm both dissapointed at them for being lazy AND angry at people trying to make things lewd.
Get out of here with your lewdness disease!

>>35816742
Oh come on, it was cute. I do have to say that monsters in this setting sleep a lot. Jin being a nocturnal creature forcing herself to not be makes sense, but Lyra and Sheszka take a lot of naps, too.

>>35816818

My lewdness disease is merely a byproduct of your own Lewdness disease anon.

>>35816857
I'm not the one trying to make perfectly innocent lazybirds lewd, anon.
>>35816846
MOST things tend to sleep a lot when they are not in civilization, anon.

If you don't have obligations getting in the way, you nap ALL the fucking time.

>>35816699
I would prefer learning proper metalwork frm the smith first.
but after that we outfit everyone.

>>35816801
licking knives is a dangerous habit.

>>35816699
given Sheszka's speed ninjato mite suit her better.

>>35816894
Or make a super tough set of claws.

>Queen sized bed

>>35817001
8/10 you're a little late

>>35816878
speaking of knives anyone else think we should try to build up our knife fighting skills or maybe just focus on hand to hand at this point, seeing as our hands are a sharp as knives anyways and now we can superheat them. Only reason for I knife skills that I can see being useful would be as a quick weapon if we take a strip of metal off our armor should we lose our main weapon, melt our spear into two long knives/short swords for whatever reason, or find/make a knife that has a useful enchantment on it.

>>35817029
I don't know about knife fighting, since we can't actually do most cool knife tricks if the knife is on our fingers.

but we CAN learn wolverine-style tearing shit up.

>>35817029
But our hands are already knives.

CQC and spearfighting is all we need.

>>35817029
Yeah our knife fighting skills have really fallen behind. I think the only chance we've had to use them ever was when we shanked the hell out of those Kobolds in operation moth rescue.

Having burning hands honestly just made knifefighting even more obsolete than it already was.

>>35817029
knife fighting is probably not worth it for us.
h2h though is definitly something we should train, we have heat claws we can set on fire, I mean, thats awesome.

>>35817320
>>35817272
oy, guy, what you are doing is precisely as bad, and yet you feel the need to make posts.
And what I am doing is ALSO as bad.

>>35816877
>>35816846

Think of it like this also: Giant monster or no, these girls are still babies. They are still in a time of high development and growth, and that demands both lots of sleep and lots of food. As they get older, I fully well expect them to need less sleep, or at least to develop more regular sleeping habits.

The same will also likely come about for emotional maturity, though that will likely be much slower to grow in than their bodies. It's something that is born of experience, after all.

>>35817367
but anon, we still will probably sleep a LOT once we hit adulthood.
Shit sleeps a lot in the wild. It's one of the best things you can be doing with your time besides eating.

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>>35817238
just get out
just do it

>>35817367
babies is a bit exegerrated. even assuming human growth pattern applies here, we would be around 12-13 or so.

>>35817275
You can't pin asshole Kobolds to a wall with your fingers, though.

>>35817424
actually we totally can. earth shaping.

>>35817424
No, but we can gut them, set them on fire then insert them into the wall with our hands.

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>>35817424
You can if you're a JoJo.

>>35817522
That doesn't count, the JoJo's can do anything.

>>35817562
And you're saying that Lyra can't? Please remember that she is a giant spider.

The pools wrap around the tree on one side, heading down. No need for people to risk slipping and falling. Sheszka stands at the edge of the nest, watching the water with no small amount of trepidation. You watch her for a bit, before calling out to the frightened puppy.

"Sheszka? The water is fine, yes? Come on in."
She looks at you, eyes wide, and shakes her head violently.
"It's even warm. Come on, just try it."

She blanches, but creeps towards the pool on all fours, stopping at the edge and extending a single foot delicately tapping at the water with a toe.
And then retreating.
"Nuh-uh. Nuh-uh."
You push your top half up out of the water, showering droplets everywhere, hanging on the side of the bath as you confront her.

"Sheszka. Look at me. Did you even feel the water?"
She looks from you, to the bath, and back again. Then she shakes her head.
"Give it a try, yes?"
She watches the water warily, staying back from the edge.
"Jin is enjoying herself, see?"

You both turn to the harpy, who is still spraying water everywhere as she dances beneath the waterfall and back out again. The wolf's face clearly betrays her opinion. Jin has gone mad.

You scratch your head.
"You aren't even going to give it a try?"
Last chance, Sheszka.

She stays where she is. You sigh.

>>35817660
does anyone have those bits of green text about queen lyra using that as an excuse to not work saved?

>>35817665
And then you strike, snakelike.
You arms snaps out, catching the surprised wolf by the wrist- she lets outs a frantic squeek as you reel her in, legs flailing futilely at your strength. Wrapping the puppy against you in a bear hug, you drag your struggling prey into the depths.

Her arms and legs churn the water around you- until her feet find the lip on the inside edge of the pools, meant as a seat. Her struggles slow in your grasp till she's still. You sit her next to you on the stone, the water lapping over her shoulders as you hold her.

"See? It's warm, yes? It's nice."
She nods slowly, words faltering.
"It is... not bad. Yes."

You pat her head gently, combing your fingers through her hair as you scrub her down.

Clothes non-withstanding, Sheszka has picked up quite a tan since her rescue. And her ribs are finally concealed beneath flesh. You poke and prod your way around her body, and she giggles, twisting away from your fingers as you find where she's ticklish. Jin scoots over to the two of you, finally having had enough of the waterfall, and you all settle in for a soak.

The sun continues its path through the sky, the heat of noon making the bath that much more comfortable.

>Check out your siblings. Chat around!
>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.
>Maybe a spot of hunting? You're still a little tired, though.
>Other (?)

>>35817660
Do you realize what you are implying? That we should give a stand to a giant spider.

>>35817688
>Check out your siblings. Chat around!
>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.

These two.

Because I want to see how the Townspeople react to MEGALYRA

>>35817688
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.
Sorry jin, but it's been like two days.

Also I want to visit town.

HEY, ANYONE ELSE WANNA VISIT TOWN?

I sort of wish we visited the moths first, for some dust.

>>35817688
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.
Along with a side of blacksmithing!

>>35817688

> Rest for the day
> Check out your siblings
> Next morning, get Jin back to her mom
> Go cave exploring in that mine we found. Might be another dungeon in there. If nothing else, it would be a great way to help the town while testing out our earth powers.

>>35817688
>Take Jin to her mom.
I insist she is just as home with us.

>>35817688
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.

Time to show off in town

>>35817688
>Check out your siblings. Chat around!
>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.

>>35817688
>>Check out your siblings. Chat around!
See how Aria and Sara are going buffing their skills with our folks.
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.
I literally cannot wait to see how the town people react to our new form. Also get Michael to agree to teach Lyra the ways of the forge while she's in town.

>>35817688
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.

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>>35817688
>>Check out your siblings. Chat around!
>>Take Jin home. Her mom's gotta be missing her by now.

>Clothes non-withstanding, Sheszka has picked up quite a tan since her rescue.
Tanned wolf girls are best wolf girls.

>>35817689
She's going to have the stand "Spiders from Mars"?

>>35817731
>see how the Townspeople react to MEGALYRA
I hope that nervous kid and the snarky old man are on guard again.

The kid will, of course, think we're a completely different Arachne. A fuckin' scary one carrying a monstrous skull and limbs burning with fire!

And he'll shit himself.

Then the old man will laugh his arse off.

>>35817867

I wonder if Sarah and Elf Dad went back to the ruins yet? I also wonder if we might be able to use earth to safely transfer the chamber with the stones to the surface.

We could then make a tree with an arc reactor.

>>35817688
>Check out your siblings. Chat around!

Go meet the pair of boys who live in with the family. See who they are, exactly, and why they never talk to you.

>>35817688
>>Check out your siblings. Chat around!

>>35817916
This

Go see Eric and Ashram, or whatever their names are.
Are you sure they weren't eaten by something and everyone just decided not to tell us?

>>35817916
in-story it hasn't been that much time since our hunt together.

Skim your siblings and head for town?
Writing!

>>35817961
>Your brothers' voices as they crawl into the nest
They're still kicking, it's just they know and care about literally nothing apart from the thrill of hunt.

>>35817688

> Take Jin home. Bring sisters along for chatting.
> We take Aria and Sara hunting in the newly found stone mine, offering to clear it out for the town as a service.
> Aria gets to fight things and possibly get a stone for her own weapon
> Sara gets to see magic stones in their native habitat
> We get to test our stone shaping
> We might find something cool, like a giant mole dragon or some such

>>35818006
That's actually not a half bad idea.

Pity you didn't post it 2 minutes earlier.

>>35818006
>>35817981
>>35818033

Compatible? Presently damning my slow fingers.

>>35817688
>Check out your siblings. Chat around!

>>35818006
We already killed the wolves making the mine their den. Other than that, supporting.

>>35818155

I more meant whatever happened to be down there past the wolves. The town was planning on excavating, meaning the mine probably runs a fair bit deeper than we saw. There might be scarier things down there, intersections to old tunnels. Failing that, we now have the ability to call the power of earth to help rebuild the tunnels and make them safe for passage. Bringing Sara is good because she can help us on the careful magic-y bits so we don't bring the roof down on our heads.

>>35816101
"No, but I got it on DVD."

Man, I'm gunna love seeing that brain-pants rookie's expression to our spear head being the size of his arm.

And that it shoots lightning.

>>35818370

I can imagine that exchange:
> "Hello, we have come to help rebuild the mines, yes. We may take a stone or two for our troubles, but it will save lives, we think. Is this agreeable?"
> "Listen Miss, I realize that you and your sisters are giant spiders..."
> "Yes..."
> "But what we need here are diggers. That's not to say you couldn't pull a cart or two, but..."
> "Oh, that is fine, I can just talk to the earth and ask it to move."
> " You can.. Wait? What?!"
> "I am learning new things everyday, yes?"
> Miner grabs his head and walks away muttering things about what his mother always used to tell him.

>>35818564
we have got SLIGHTLY too many powers.

>>35818619
Well, we have a good range, so now would be the time to stop developing outwards and start focusing on what we do have.

>>35818370
>Sara
>magic-y bits
>careful

I think the excess of spiderbutt and lewds has corroded your brain anon.

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>>35818650

>Spiderbutt and lewds

Redundant.

A hot bath is unmitigated magic for your aching limbs, and pulling yourself free of it's intoxicating grasp is unbearable. But you do, anyway. You've got a whole lot of stuff to do, and-

No, you've pretty much got unlimited time.
You look back at the softly steaming pools.

No, no. No spending more time in the bath. If you start lazing around, next thing you know you'll grow wings, and spend all your time sleeping on spiders' backs.

Plan number one. Take Jin home. Before her mother tries to hunt you down looking for her. Not that she could take you, but... Okay. Anyway. Let's check on siblings. One step at a time. Yes.

You trundle down the stairs lining your new pools, sweeping towards your other family members. Sara cracks an eye at your approach, half floating in the warm water.

"Enjoying the bath?"
"If I could bring in books, I would never leave, yes?"
You smile.
"That would probably not work, I think."

"I just need more magic. Maybe something to keep the books dry-"
"I'm heading into town, yes? I imagine Jin's mother is more than a little worried."

She looks around the pool, then back to you.
"I am not getting out just yet."
You laugh, shaking your head.
"I will leave you to it, then."

You continue, flagging down Aria with a wave, and she scoots through the water to the ledge beneath you.
"Leaving already?"
"Taking Jin home, yes."
She eyes you carefully, smiling.
"I will be getting stronger while you are gone, yes. Everytime you stop, I will be getting stronger."

>>35818902
You smile back at her, showing fang.
"I am getting stronger too, yes? And more importantly, so is Mom."
Her return grin is a challenge all its own, and you wave goodbye as you head into the nest, pulling your friends from the bath as you go.

It's a bit of an effort to dry them both off, as they spend their time staring longingly at the waters instead of helping you. Eventually, you wrangle them both back into clothing, and skitter down the tree, harpy and wolf in tow.

Your trip towards the town is peaceful- a great deal more so than usual.
Apparently giant skulls on arachne are something that frightens wildlife.

There's the occasional sensation of being watched, but as soon as it moves closer, it is rapidly accompanied by the sounds of an animal fleeing through the woods.

It brings a smile to your face.
It's a good day. You're strong, you have a bath, and you've got a harpy above you and a wolf by your side. You couldn't ask for more.
>That's it for tonight!
>Thanks for playing!
>Next session will probably be thursday, 2pm EST.
>Questions, comments, concerns answered hile the thread is up!

>>35818564

Either that or if we are lucky the town will eventually bring in a dwarf to oversee the mining project. It would be a great way for us to get a window to the happenings of an outside world.

> "So you are a dwarf, yes."
> "Aye."
> "But you do not have a beard. I thought that all dwarves had beards, yes?"
> "And I thought all Arachne had black shells." > "It is an evolution, yes, born from fighting."
> "Aye, and this be an evolution of me own devisin', brought on by a fierce battle with a razor."
> "That does not seem like a particularly useful evolution."
> "Plenty useful, actually. Gives me a huge bonus to mindin' me own damn business. Now pardon me, your highness, but I be needin' to get back to work."
> "Please tell me you have not spoken with the small moth known as Nin."
> "What?"
> "The small moth says I am queen, but this is lies. One should not listen to the lies of the small moth."
> "I... I'll be gettin' back to the mines, then."

>>35818939
Good night, based GM!

>>35818939
Thanks for running!

>>35818564
We are swiftly reaching the point where economies can become our plaything. Not only do we produce one of the nicest silks in the world, but we can kindly as the earth for any nearby deposits of ores and precious gems.

>>35818939
Sweet spidery dreams QM.

>>35818939
Thanks for running, so glad we went skullbutt, i just knew Jin and Shezska would use the eyesockets as little nests/seats.

>>35818939
thanks for running

>>35818939

Thanks for running.

>>35818939
See you later then, REQM

>>35818939
Good game, QM.

> It's a bit of an effort to dry them both off, as they spend their time staring longingly at the waters instead of helping you.
Looks like Sheszka's more of a labrador now than a wolf.

>>35819017
>>35819014
>>35819010
>>35818991
>>35818974
>>35819038
>>35819045
>>35819051

Thanks for playing!

>>35818969
I chuckled

looking forward to how the town treats a 3rd stage Lyra... and looking forward to seeing the blacksmith again.

>>35819091

He might love us like a daughter, but in the kind of way that mom loves us like a daughter. What I'm getting at here is, telling the armorer we can metal bend may or may not be the best idea.

>>35818969

Needs a final line of
> LIES!

to really sell it.

>>35819160

Do you want to drown your enemies in molten metal?

Do you want to touch some stupid fucking adventurer and turn all his expensive armor into molten slag that eats it's way through him?

Do you want to shape weapons and armor in the midst of battle, a sword into a mace, a spear into a molten bow and arrow?

Talk to the damn blacksmith, we might learn how to solidify certain parts of molten metal so we pull off some bullshit, like, a meteor hammer, with molten steel as a chain.

>>35819373
I wonder what the extent of this metal bending stuff is. Like, any kind of metal? Can we manipulate the iron in people's blood or the calcium in their bones?

Can we put on a puppet show with skeletons?

>>35819073
Thanks for running REQM.

>>35818969
Top kek, anon, top kek.

>>35819373
>>35819450

Relax, anon, I was just kidding while making an allusion to the fact that the grumpy old man to our mother's adventurer is bound to be a hard task manager. As for EXTREME metal bending, I kind of hope we don't get too many snazzy new abilities for a while.

I mean, we can web sling, earth bend, earth sense, summon lava, metal bend, fight exceedingly well, and can destroy magic with our bare hands. We aren't really deficient in any of these things (partially due to always rolling high), but are actually as competent in some categories as people who make a career of these things.

In my own mind, for an adventure to be really compelling, there has to be some room left for us to grow when we start off on the road to it, some way to improve and better ourselves as we travel. The outside world is dangerous, no doubt, but I'm not sure how much more dangerous than the swamp we can make it without going way over the top with increasingly high stakes.

To that end, I kind of hope that the earth spirits get weaker when we leave the forest, magic thinning out to level the playing field back out. After all, the land of our home loves us, but other places, we might have to see.

Anyway, I'm still having tremendous fun and can't wait to see where REQM takes things. I just hope we haven't already run out of compelling ways that we can improve ourselves.

>>35819946
We still have yet to meet anything that actually seems threatening.

>>35819969

We tend to roll absurdly high, as in all the time. If we had more bad rolls (see the shadow bear fight), we might actually come to know the world is a lot more dangerous than we give it credit for. We really could have died plenty of times. We just always got lucky. Was kind of hoping the bear fight would give her a bit of perspective on the whole "mortal danger" thing, but I'm more glad that things are keeping their noble bright, safe feeling.

>>35820259
This has actually been sort of a problem. We have been going into fights by charging, critting, and mopping up with subsequent rolls. No difficult choices to make besides "attack", " advance", and "go get em". This has not been a bad thing so far since REQM knows what the plurality wants. Still, it would be nice to make more strategic decisions rather than have our rolls decide everything about the fight.